- Cigarette Smoking Linked To
Miscarriages, Worse Than Crack Cocaine
- A new study, published in the latest edition of the NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL
OF MEDICINE, confirms the link between smoking and miscarriages, showing
that 80 percent more miscarriages occur among women who smoke cigarettes.
The study, led by Dr. Roberta Ness of the University of Pittsburgh, examined
the drug use of nearly 1000 black inner-city women. The results show that
smoking cocaine was responsible for eight percent of the miscarriages and
smoking cigarettes caused 16 percent.
The abuse of illicit drugs like crack cocaine by pregnant women has received
more attention, but experts say the common, legal drugs -- alcohol and nicotine
-- present some of the greatest dangers to unborn babies. "It's our
legal substances that are killing us," said Harvey Siegal, director
of substance abuse treatment programs at Wright State University. [more]
- Source:
- WALL STREET JOURNAL, [12/7/98] "Sometimes Pollution Can Be At
Its Worst Inside Your Home," Marilyn Chase, p. B1
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